Mitra, Subrata (Cinematographer), Devi, 1960 | Photographic Still

Mitra, Subrata (Cinematographer), Devi, 1960 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00663028

Cinematographer

Document TypePhotographic Still

Film Title

Devi (The Goddess), 1960, India, Bengali

Scene Description Devi is part of Ray's Chabbi Biswas trilogy. Ray uses the decadent figure of the actor to represent the old feudal-patriarch, Kalikinkar Roy, a devout Hindu who clings to orthodoxy and refuses to confront contemporary reality. The zamindar Biswas portrays, is only a symbolic figurehead in the rapidly shifting paradigms of colonial Bengal where social and political revolution is fast afoot. Unable to reconfigure his role, Kalikinkar desperately grasps on to the vestiges of power, trying to control the divine energy of the Goddess, by containing it in the human-form of his younger daughter-in-law, Doyamoyee. His desperation almost degenerates into a psychosis. (2/30)

Producer

Satyajit Ray

Director

Satyajit Ray

Banner

Satyajit Ray Productions

Art Director

Bansi Chandragupta

Cast

Chhabi Biswas,

Soumitra Chatterjee,

Sharmila Tagore,

Khagesh Chakravarti,

Anil Chatterjee,

Arpan Chowdhury,

Purnendu Mukherjee

Editing Dulal Dutta Lyricist Ramprasad Sen Music Director Ali Akbar Khan Script Writer Satyajit Ray

Mitra, Subrata (Cinematographer), Devi, 1960 | Photographic Still